3rd Class

Welcome to our page !
Hi ! We are a class of 24		Our teacher's name is Mrs. Wilkinson

Listen to our Irish stories being read aloud by our teacher! Each page is read slowly in Irish, then translated into English to help with understanding. We hope that you enjoy listening and that it helps you practice your reading at home with your parents, sisters and brothers.



Science Experiments on Seed Growing! We've been learning all about plants and trees, and how they produce their seeds and fruit, and spread them around with help from the wind, water, animals and us! We wanted to find out how peas would grow in a variety of conditions, and to compare how they would grow with or without WARMTH, WATER, SOIL, LIGHT and AIR. The results were very interesting.

no warmth - very slow growth! We have kept this pot on a cold windowsill in a room with no heat.	Warmth These pea plants look good!	No Water No growth at all !!!	Water These plants are growing well


No Soil Growing well so far despite having no soil.	Soil - These pea plants are doing well but are growing more slowly and steadily than the ones with no soil	No Light They started off growing very well but have become very spindly and tall, with few leaves. The leaves are yellow, not green.	Light Very happy plants so far!


No Air (shown with and without the bag keeping out air so that you can see the poor growth more clearly)			Air

		ANOTHER SEED EXPERIMENT We planted some apple pips that we collected from apples. We used recycled containers. Some have grown really well and now we have little apple trees! Here is K.McC.'s little baby orchard of 4 apple trees. We enjoyed an apple feast in class one day, and tasted Bramley apple jelly on bread, and a hot apple sponge desert with steaming custard! Mmmmm...

In the hallway you can see our models of a monastery during Early Christian Ireland.












	Are you wondering what on earth we are doing? We are learning to swim.... the old-fashioned way ! H.E. and P.R. demonstrate the way children in Irish schools years ago practised their swimming skills in schools, despite not having access to any swimming pools at school !
We have been learning all about life and learning in Irish schools long ago.

Taimid ag canadh 'Oíche Ciuin' le rang a ceathar le linn ceolchoirm na Nollag.

Viva La Compagnie! Listen to us singing this song about friendship, while playing different types of percussion instruments.


We participated in the 'Celebrate Diversity' art exhibition in the R.C.C., Letterkenny. It was a very enjoyable evening, we admired all the lovely art work displayed from many primary schools.



3rd class photos taken in class






Classmates from Ireland, the U.K. and Poland in Europe


from Pakistan and India	from China	from Australia


from Africa

Art from other schools:

By Educate Together N.S., Letterkenny. Although our features may be very different, our hearts are the same!


		Holy Trinity N.S.,. Dunfanaghy


	Strathmore N.S. Churchill


We have learned all about skeletons!


	It has been very interesting finding out all about the history of Ballyraine N.S. Did you know we used to be 4 small schools? Barkhall N.S., Ednaharnon N.S., The Robertson N.S. and Glendooen N.S.
	Here is a photo of our recently retired vice-principal and learning support teacher, Mrs. Marina Sterritt who wrote a book about the history of Ballyraine N.S. We really enjoyed reading her brilliant book and looking at the pictures spotting people we knew! To see photos of the book launch in 2008 click here

We studied the plan of the school and identified the old and new classrooms. We have grown a lot!	The yellow rooms are new and the pink rooms are old.	This photo of the old building was taken from the sky by C.W. If he took it again today the yellow piece would be added on !


We had such fun illustrating the powm 'The Sugar-Plum Tree' by Eugene Field.


We have been finding out all about the geography of our lovely county! We've located, drawn and identified the two mountain ranges and islands, and the main towns and cities of the region.

Exploring Magnetism in Science! We are having so much fun learning about magnetism with student teacher Ms. Bryant! First we explored the properties of a selection of objects, then we looked and tested a variety of materials for magnetic properties. We also really enjoyed making a maze and directing a paper clip around the maze using the power of a magnet!

Y. M.	K. McC.	A. B.


D.Y. has reached the centre!		Ms. Bryant helps Z. M.

The following week we investigated the magnetic poles, and discovered which materials allow magnetism to pass through, ie glass, plastic and paper. It was so much fun!

L.G. uses her magnet to move the paperclip through the glass	L.G. and Z.M. investigate	L.W. and S.J. are enjoying the experiments!










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